Curl setting device



April 9, 1957 A. BOGARDY cum. SETTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 6, 1954INVENTOR. Alexander Bogardq BY I / ATTORNEY 2,788,007 CURL SETTINGDEVICE Alexander Bogardy, Washington, D. C.

Application January 6, 1954, Serial No. 402,544

2 Claims. (Cl. 132--38) This invention herein relates to hair-dresserssculpture curl molds for holding pin curls or so-called triangle curlsduring the setting period required in the forming of ringlet orsculpture curls. More particularly, the curl molding device ofthe'present invention is adapted to moldingly restrain a setting ringletor sculpture curl without imposing any clamping action whatever on thespiriform convolutions of the ringlet or curl.

Prior art hair clips, generally, have been characterized by theapplication of positive pressure, of some sort, on and across the topsof curls, so that ridges and depressions result, which spoil the shapeof the waves, or complicate the dressing of the hair in other styles.

I have now found that crushing and deformation of sculpture curls,-during the setting period, can be eliminated, and so-called trianglecurls, having a generally conical uplift from the head, can be formedand set without imposing transverse deforming pressures of any sort onand over the outer surfaces of the .raised curls.

The improvements of the present invention are best realized by confiningthe setting curl in an inverted, cupslraped mold, wherein the exteriorsurface of the curl is freely apposed to the inner, curviform surface ofthe mold, and the bottom or base spiral strands of the curl are engagedby a clip wire, or the like, which has but a substantially two-pointengagement with the inverted or depending rim or edge of the cup-shapedmold. The clip wire is desirably spring-biased, and is hinged at one endto the rim of the mold.

'The restraining member of the device herein is designated as a mold,because of the fact that it does not imposeany depressive or distortivepressure or strains on any hair strand or group of strands forming atress or formed curls. The mold surface receives the outer surface ofthe sculpture curl, which, on drying, can have its individual spiriformhairs or strands adjust themselves normally to the inner surface of themold. Thus, the

only pressures to which the surfaces of the drying and setting sculpturecurls are subjected, are due to the natural expansion of the individualcurviform hairs in their natural attempt to revert to their normal,untreated condition.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved sculpturecurl receiving and setting device which imposes no deforming pressureson the individual strands of hair.

Another object of this invention is to provide a curlsetting devicecomprising a molding surface member hingedly connected to a subjoinedclip wire, the wire having gripping engagement only with the moldingmember.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a two-part,light-weight, curl-setting device having a toraminous, cup-shapedmolding surface into which a curl to be set is received and restrained,but without imposition of pressure across individual strands of hair.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a two-part,light-weight, curl-setting device, comprising an inverted cup-shapedmold and a diagonally disposed clip wire hingedly secured at one end tothe rim of the cup.

With these and other objects in view, which may be incident to myimprovements, the invention consists in the parts and combinations'tobehereinafter set forth and claimed, with the understanding that the.several necessary elements, comprising my invention, may be varied inconstruction, proportions and arrangement, without depart-' ing from thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, I have shown inthe accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practicalefiect, without limit-. 1 ing the improvements in their usefulapplications to the particular constructions, which for the purpose ofexplanation, have been made the subject of illustration. In thedrawings: Figure 1 is an isometric View of a womans head with sculpturedcurls, and showing the curl molding devices.

in place;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational of a molding device, in open position, asapplied to a curl;

Fig, 3 is a sectional view along line 22 of one of I the devices shownin Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a bottom planview of the device of Fig. 2. Referring now tothe drawings, the novel hair molding and sculpture curl-setting deviceof the present invention, and designated generally by letter A, iscomprised of a spring-biased, bipartite structure comprised of an upper,inverted cup-shape mold member 10, and a bottom tured to receive pivotpin 17, on which is pivotally mounted the clip wire or bottom member 20.

The member 20 is desirably made of spring brass wire,

or other suitable metal or alloy, and is comprised of. an

elongated body portion 21, bowed upwardly at 22, into. generalconformity with surface 12 of cup-member 110. Y

The member 20 is provided with a free end 23, generally ofiset from itsbody and adapted to engage and project beyond the rim 13 of member 10.At its rear end member 20 is bent on itself to form a pair of spacedloops, or

eyes 24, with an intermediate, finger-engageable loop 255, and aterminal tail section 26 adapted to underlie and. engage the undersurface of offset 15 of member 10. Pin or pivot 17 of member 10 will bereceived in and by apposed loops 24- of member 20, fulcruming thelatter. The tail section 26 of member 20 is normally springbiasedagainst section 15 of member 10, while the forward, offset end 23, ofthe member 20 is apposed to the rim 13 of member 10. The body section 21of member 20, as shown, is desirably diagonally disposed under mold 10,instead of diametrically, to give greater bearing sur face for subjacentstrands of hair in the curls.

The device A may have its cup-shaped mold member 10 made of aluminum,magnesium, plastics, or any other suitable lightweight materials andalloys. The clip wire 20, will, of course, be made of any suitablemetal, such as hard-drawn spring brass, stainless steel, or otherappropriate metal or alloy. The novel hair-setting devices are operatedby engaging sections 15 and 25 with thumb and PatentedApr. 9, 1957forefingers, respectively, and apposing them against the spring-bias ofspring lever arm 26, which is pivoted on pivot 17. With the appositionof sections 15 and 25, the offset end 23 of the clip wire 20 is spacedlymoved from out of engagement with the rim 13 of member 10, and the wire20 can beinserted under the base of. a sculpture curl 30, with theinverted cupmold overlying the curl and. containing the same, when thepressure is removed from clip elements and 25, and the end 23 is againapposed into engagement with rim 13 of the cup.

Turning now to Figs. 1 and. 2, it will be that sculpture curls comprisea bottom flat section. 31,. the initial strands 32, of which are theroot members. The hair is curled upwardly from the bottom section. 31,forming a curl having a body section 33, a central hollow section 34, acircular periphery 35 at its base, and a curvilinear top 36, at the apexor line of juncture of sections 33 and 34. Desirably, the l1air settingdevice A is applied to sculpture curls in the following manner. With thejaws 10 and opened, offset end 23 of. element 20 is slipped under thetress or curl 30, so that it underlies the starting strands 32, and itstip portion underlies the rim 13 of member 10. The upcurvcd portion 22of member 20 will then underlie the curl, with its uppermost curvedsection fitted into and supporting the central, hollow portion of thecurl, while the outer surface 33, of the curl is contained in and withinthe cup 10. With the setting device in place, the curl, if notpreviously treated, is wetted by the application of Water or othersuitable hair-setting solutions through the apertures 14, and thecontained curl is allowed. to dry under usual operating conditions.

It is to be noted that the wetted curl, while contained and restrainedin the cup, is not subjected to any deforming or distorting pressurewhatever, in or across any of the spiriform strands of hair forming thecurl. It will be noted further, that, as the wetted curl dries out, thespiriform strands thereof tend to straighten out, being loosely, butpositively restrained by the inner surface 12 of the cup, whereby thedrying "strands can ,be mutually displaced without damage or packing,and without losing the spiriform texture which imparts the desired,esthetic effect to the resulting curl.

While the description has stressed the treatment of an individual curl,it will beappreciated that the treatment of any number of curls willmerely involve repetition of the procedural steps, and the hair-settingdevices being light in weight, they will not impose any undue pressureor weight upon the heads of Women. These desirable results, with thesubstantial elimination of discomfort to a client, is due, in no smallmeasure, to the fact that the clip wire is filiform, and hassubstantially no breadth, whereby it can be conformed readily to thecontour of any portion of the head, yet imposes no appreciable hearingpressure. In fact, it will be appreciated that the expanding, dryingstrands of the curls will tend to bodily lift the curls, and theirrestraining cups, up from the head, whereby the initial strands 32, ofthe curls, act as the sole supports of the devices when in use.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself tothe precise details of construction herein set forth by way ofillustration, as it is apparent that many changes and variations may bemade therein, by those skilled in the art, without departing from thespirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A curl setting and drying device comprising an upper mold member ofinverted cup shape and adapted to receive the body of a curl in freeengagement, and. a lower, hair-engaging, curvilinear member pivotedthereto, and formed from spring wire, said curvilinear member travcrsingthe mold member and having an offset end to engage with the rim of themold member, said wire being further so configured and arranged as tobias the lower member with respect to the upper member, whereby tonormally urge said members into apposed, closed position.

2. Hair setting device for molding curls, comprising an upper,concavo-convex curl-receiving mold member, having a handle memberextending outwardly therefrom, a lower, hair-engaging, curvilinearmember formed from spring wire hingedly connected to the handle memberand adapted to underlie the strands of a curl adjacent the head, saidcurvilinear member traversing the mold member and having an offset endto engage with the rim of the mold member, said wire being furtherconfigured and arranged as to form a biasing section within the handleand an adjacent finger-engaging section, whereby to normally urge thesaid members into apposed, closed position.

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